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Tuesday Sep 23, 2008

Best Press Release. Ever.

07jcougar4.jpgThis missive arrived in our in-box, promoting the blog www.firstwivesworld.com.

An Open Letter To Saturday Night Live From www.firstwivesworld.com

Debbie Nigro, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Girlfriend of First Wives World, wants the Producers at Saturday Night Live, to know that she doesn't like the word "Cougar" because it denotes "Bimbos, Floozies, Older Women who can't attract men their own age."

In case you didn't know it, Saturday Night Live has an ongoing "Cougar" skit, starring Cameron Diaz, that is quite funny and cutting edge.

However, the head cheerleader of the 30 million women in the United States who are transitioning through divorce is quick to point that times are a-changing.

"Separate/divorced women nowadays are reinventing themselves, exploring new options," explains Debbie. "Older men who are leaking testosterone are more often in search of arm candy to validate their masculinity. Younger men, who can hold up their end of the stick, seem to find us fascinating. Who are we to discourage them?"

Debbie warns SNL that they are on to something big. "The 'Cougar' trend is about to pick up speed ... but for the record, they all don't look like Cameron Diaz."


Check out Debbie's full blog on "Cougars" at www.firstwivesworld.com


Debbie is available for interviews when she is not picking up her boyfriends at their parents' homes.

Friday Sep 19, 2008

Writers Rock The (Too Young To) Vote

071005_obamayouth_vl-vertical.jpgYoung adult authors -- like Judy Blume Meg Cabot, Holly Black, Libba Bray, Scott Westerfeld, Megan McCafferty, Melissa Walker and more -- are launching YA for Obama, a social networking project for writers and their young readers who support Barack Obama.

About 50 writers have signed on so far, and the site goes live on Monday, Sept. 22. Daily blog posts will feature different writers, with readers able to make their own pages, talk in forums and contribute video and photos.


"The idea came from the simple realization that so many Young Adult authors seem to be for Obama," Maureen Johnson says in a release. "While this site is for readers of all ages (and even nationalities), there will be a lot of emphasis on giving readers who are under 18 a place in the process. Those are our people, and they want to be a part of this election. While they can't vote, they can certainly use their energy and talents to get others to do so -- putting up signs, making videos, or badgering their family members to the polls."

We love the enthusiasm, but if you really want to turn an election, park Obama-rama vans along the perimeters of Colorado, Nevada and Indiana and give out Dark Knight bootlegs to anybody sporting peach fuzz and acne.

Saturday Sep 13, 2008

David Foster Wallace Found Dead

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Early reports say that the celebrated writer hung himself.

A memorial is planned at Pomona College where Wallace taught.

Thursday Sep 11, 2008

Sarah Palin Tried to Ban Library Books According to ABC Report

This is a Brian Ross report on Sarah Palin's stint as mayor of a small town and harasser of librarians.

We think it's funny that she wanted to remove Go Ask Alice, a book about an out of control sexually promiscuous teenager...hehe.

Maybe she had to control information because she is so close to Russia...

Thursday Sep 04, 2008

Why Does MySpace Suck? Two Local Authors Have the Answer

414wCL+cXQL._SL500_AA240_.jpgIn their new book, Impotence in the Boardroom: MySpace Caught an STD, marketing experts Yvette Bowlin and Sonni Carr explore what they call "strategically transmitted diseases" (Or STDs, natch) to explain why some brands just, you know, suck. From the press release:

Bowlin and Carr take readers inside the doors of MySpace and recount the events of a 2006 meeting between the authors and MySpace executives. The two create a case study to show how MySpace has become a one-hit wonder reaching 'has-been' status as quickly as stardom--all because it chose to ignore the fate of feature fatigue. Even this behemoth of a company that became the topic of every lunch conversation and found its way into almost every advertising budget, isn't indestructible. Subject to the fickle audience to which it catered, MySpace.com needed a salvaging opportunity--fast! The authors tell the company's promising beginnings to its pending doom and how MySpace executives rejected an exciting, intriguing opportunity that would have repositioned them as the leader in social impacting, and instead, settled for 'safe and sorry.' Bowlin and Carr, the Opportunity Analysts, also show how companies such as Dow, Citigroup, Cisco, Keen Footwear, MSN and Coca-Cola aren't making the same mistake and how they stay relevant, attractive and desirable in today's hormonally-charged marketplace.

Impotence? STDs? Hormonally-charged? We're no marketing experts, but isn't it bad practice to associate your message with lumps, bumps, pus and zits?

Monday Aug 04, 2008

Joe Eszterhas' Non-Sharon Stone Love Child

cross_2.jpgSharon Waxman has the dirt on Joe Eszterhas, the former journo-turned-screenwriter who has recently reunited with the daughter he put up for adoption in 1967.

Friday Aug 01, 2008

Adam Nimoy: The Launch of a New Genre?

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Adam Nimoy is the celebrity kid of Leonard Nimoy... but in his new memoir he says he doesn't hate his dad. Boring, or new genre in celeb tell-alls?

Tuesday Jul 29, 2008

Jade Lee Gets Book Deal at Comic Con

comiccon01.gifThe picture below was taken minutes after author Jade Lee made a hand shake deal with Dabel Brothers Publishing.

Lee, who admitted she shares a name with a porn star, was an aspiring screenwriter thwarted by the 1988 strike and now writes fantasy fiction. Of course, 'fantasy fiction' in an election year is relative.

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Tuesday Jul 22, 2008

Christian Bale Didn't Beat Up Gloria Steinem...That We Know Of

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Christian Bale beat up (allegedly) his actual mother, Jenny Bale.

Gloria Steinem is his step-mother. Married his father.

Tuesday Jul 15, 2008

Larry King Gets a Square and Another Book

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Weinstein Books has announced that it will publish Larry King's new autobiography titled,"What Am I Doing Here?"

Speaking of softballs - how easy is that title to make fun of? Come Larry you're not even trying anymore.

Jeff Bercovici over at Portfolio demonstrates by listing rejected titles:

Has Anybody Seen My Pants? Backstage with the King of Talk

Hnnh...What? No, Of Course Not. I was Just Resting My Eyes for a Second

What Did You Say Your Show Is Called Again, Mr. Seinfeld?

Yeah, if Portfolio starts making fun of you - your title is a tee ball.


Previously

Jonah Goldberg is Still a Tool

Tommy Chong, Author

Commie Girl Comes to L.A. -- For a Book Reading

LAT Launches Some Bright, Shiny Softballs at James Frey

Blogger Turned Author Turned Racism Lighting Rod?...Oops

Mark Sarvas Will Be at Vroman's Bookstore Tonight

We Dare You To Watch This Peggy Seltzer Video and Not Cringe At Least Once

Festival of Books - "Agent Voices"

LA Observed Reads Books

FBLA Exclusive: Carly Milne in the Limelight

Peggy Seltzer's Eco-Terrorist Past Uncovered

Margaret B. Jones/Peggy Seltzer: Inga Muscio Speaks

Vroman's Named Bookseller of the Year

Margaret Jones/Peggy Seltzer Toteboard

Margaret Jones /Peggy Seltzer's Childhood on the Reservation/Professor Duped

Bree: Name of the Faux? Peggy Seltzer and Lonely Girl 15

Margaret B. Jones/Peggy Seltzer: Foundation a Fake, But What About Her Tattoo?

Margaret B Jones, Margaret Seltzer, Peggy --Aw to Hell With It!

Peggy Seltzer/Margaret B. Jones/Fake Memoir News Continues

Mo' Margaret B., Mo' Peggy Seltzer. Mo Fiction

Gangbanger Margaret B. Jones is Really Peggy Seltzer, Valley Girl

Margaret B. Jones: South Central Memoirist

Commie Girl in the OC

'An Ordinary Spy' Goes Hollywood

It's Official: Dutton's To Close In April

More JT LeRoy--Nancy Rommelmann in LA Weekly

Erica Jong's Big Mistake: Suing Julia Phillips

Deborah Chesher: Everyone I Shot is Dead

Paula Kamen on Iris Chang, Conspiracy Theories

Gerard Jones, Author of Ginny Good, Still Most Rejected Author

Red The Book: Read The Future Of Writing

Village Books Discount!

Mark Haskell Smith: Kids Don't Read the Classics

J. K. Rowling is Greedy: Salon

Revengerella by Amy Alkon: Book Deal!

Eric Hiss Talks about LA Walks

Steve Almond Finds Way to Boost Technorati Rank: Attack Gawker

LeGuin Accepts Doctorow's Apology For Copyright Violation

National Book Award Finalists Announced

Book Notes: See vs. Khakpour/Handel & Baell/LATBR vs. English Language

Dutton's: Brentwood's Bookish-Types To Raise A Row

Dominck Dunne To Contribute to If I Did It

Campaign to Save Bukowski's Home

Publicist Pokes Fun at Richie in 'Cookbook'

Lucy Silag On Not Gossiping in Salon (Psst: Jane Smiley's Kid)

On the Road with Laura Albert & Alan Feuer

Bukowski's Birthday Bus Party

Claire Bidwell Smith: How to Write a Book in 10 Weeks

Can a Dog Have a Bris? Find Out in How To Raise a Jewish Dog

Freak Show Marathon: James St. James

Nick Antosca Doesn't Get Miranda July/Wishes He Did

JT Leroy Remembered

Kristin Gore's Second Novel Out in July

Laura Albert Takes the Stand/Mystery Doc. Maker Revealed

GalleyCat Meets Laura Albert

Miranda July in May

Joe Eszterhas: Plagiarist?

Hollywood Loves "Tourists"

Cabrini Literary Guild Awards Young Writers

Kurt Vonnegut, Dead at 84

FBLA 20 Questions: Diz White

FBLA EXCLUSIVE: Getting Sick With Jonathan Cohn

WeHo Novelist Katherine Taylor Writes Rules

Bonham's Books and Manuscripts Auction: Capote, Chandler, Linus Van Pelt

From The Annals Of 'Why Didn't I Think Of That'

If We Did It ... It Would Have Been Done A Month Ago

Duttons of Beverly Hills to Close

Laura Albert, Creator of JT LeRoy, Speaks Out Again and Again

Bid on Ebay Now: OJ Simpson's Non-Book Sold 100 Copies

We Like You, Too. Amy Sedaris Charms Beverly Hills

Chick Lit's Chicklets

Judith Regan--No Pinot, No Merlot, No Two-Buck Chuck?

Teens: Not All Have Been There And Done That

Steven Oney on Bo Belinsky--Best Sports Writing

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez Makes An Ass of Herself. Again.

A Clean, Well-Lighted Space, Going 90--Writers At Work

Cartoon Dog "Writes" Book, America Plays Along

Dame Darcy Goths Up Jane Eyre

Salman Rushdie --Chance Encounter at LAX

Mike and the Bike and the Book

Little Big Man on Campus

Bill Moyers' Son, Sober And At Vroman's

You, Too, Can Own a Little Piece of Mr. Capote

Michael Silverblatt Needs New Pick-up Line

Your Name Here, Our Name Here--For a Price

Alexandra Jacobs Not a Moron, We're Sorry to Say

Non-Blonde Amy Wilentz Not Having Fun

Wilful Creatures: Aimee Bender Meets Luke Ford

Don't Forget It, Jake, It's Chinatown

Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Read--Author's Feast Approaches

You Can Pray For Mike Shermer--He Doesn't Mind

He Talks to Novelists So We Don't Have To: Mr. Books

Can't We All Just Get Along with Tommy Chong?

Meet the Author of My Parents Went Through the Holocaust and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

I Was Just Reading I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger But I'm Done Now

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